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What is Psychology? — Study Plan

CBSE · Class 11 · Psychology

A step-by-step study plan for What is Psychology?, CBSE Class 11 Psychology: what to learn first, what to practise and when to revise.

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Study Plan

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Day 1–2

Learn the Theory

Read the textbook chapter carefully. Note down definitions, formulas and key ideas. Focus on: 1. Meaning and Nature of Psychology, 2. Mind, Behaviour, and Experience, 3. Popular Notions and Scientific Psychology.

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Day 3

Practise

Solve the textbook exercises and extra practice questions. There are 101 questions available for this chapter.

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Day 4

Revise & Test

Revise key points without looking at your notes. Take a practice quiz and mark weak areas for another pass.

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Day 7

Spaced Revision

Come back to What is Psychology? after a week. Use flashcards for quick recall and try past exam questions on this chapter.

What to Focus On

  • Psychology is the science of mental processes, experiences, and behaviour.
  • Mind is not identical to brain activity, though they are interdependent.
  • Experiences are subjective.
  • Wundt established the first psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany in 1879.
  • Structuralism studied the structure of the mind through introspection.
  • Introspection meant describing one’s own mental processes in detail.
  • Psychology has both natural science and social science streams.
  • The natural science view focuses on cause, prediction, and control.
  • The social science view focuses on person-environment interaction.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

Psychology is only the study of the mind or only the study of behaviour.

Mind and brain are the same thing.

Psychology is purely a social science and has nothing to do with science or natural science methods.

Memory Tips

Meaning of psychology from Greek roots

Formal definition of psychology

Mind is not identical to brain, though interdependent

Introspection

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are the important topics in What is Psychology? for CBSE Class 11 Psychology?
Key topics in What is Psychology? include Meaning and Nature of Psychology, Mind, Behaviour, and Experience, Popular Notions and Scientific Psychology, Evolution of Modern Psychology. Study these first, then practise questions on each for Class 11 exams.
How should I revise What is Psychology? for Class 11 exams?
Learn the core ideas first, then work through the 101 practice questions on What is Psychology?. Revise definitions regularly and use flashcards for quick recall before the exam.

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